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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

HABIT

Yes, HABIT was the Wordle answer on May 31, 2025 (Wordle #1442).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈhæb.ɪt//ˈhæb.ət/

Noun

An action performed on a regular basis.

“It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.”

Noun

An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.

“By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.”

Verb

To clothe.

Verb

To inhabit.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 31, 2025 (#1442).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How HABIT performs as a guess

HABIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,272 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

H___T H in the 1st position and T in the 5th position H__I_ H in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER PLORE RINSE CORSE SOREL SERAL
Words starting with H Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How HABIT performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,272 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, HABIT ranks #3,272 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,113
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
11
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L I N T
A D M I T
H A B I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches HABIT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
258
229
143
105
82
69
69
63
53
51
49
44
44
41
41
39
35
31
27
25
23
22
18
17
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing HABIT:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
11% chance
Suggested:
PLORE
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

19.6% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
10.9% →
PLORE 5.43 bits
9.7% →
RINSE 5.30 bits
6.1% →
SOLER 4.77 bits
4.5% →
SOLER 5.38 bits
3.5% →
CORSE 5.20 bits
2.9% →
SOREL 4.96 bits
2.9% →
SERAL 4.72 bits
2.7% →
DROLE 4.96 bits
2.2% →
CLOSE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for HABIT; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

H4A1B3I1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.